Evaluation of the "Stop Tabac" Android phone application

• Register: ISRCTN
• Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
• Main ID: ISRCTN17964518
• Date of registration: 02/07/2015
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Center of Competence for Public Management - University of Berne
• Public title: Evaluation of the "Stop Tabac" Android phone application
• Scientific title: Efficacy of a new smoking-cessation phone application : a randomized trial.
• Date of first enrolment: 17/11/2015
• Target sample size: 6000
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN17964518
• Study type: Interventional
• Study design: A two-group randomized controlled trial (Prevention)

Countries of recruitment

Switzerland

Contacts

• Name: Céline Mavrot

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Adults (+18)
2. Smokers
3. Having approved the information and consent form
4. Willing to use the Android phone application
Exclusion criteria: 1. Minors (-18)
2. Non-smokers
3. Not approved the information and consent form
4. Not having an Android smartphone

Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender: Both

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Smoking cessation
Mental and Behavioural Disorders

Intervention(s)

1. Intervention group of the randomized trial: receives the real smoking cessation smartphone application
2. Control group of the randomized trial: receives a placebo smoking cessation smartphone application (minimal content)

Primary Outcome(s)

Primary outcome: smoking/not smoking, measured by self-administrated online questionnaires, completed at baseline, after 3 months and after 6 months.

Secondary ID(s)

N/A

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Tobacco Control Fund of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health